Synonyms for properly
prop·er·ly

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1. properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right wayadverb

   in the right manner

   "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

   Synonyms:
   in good order, the right way, by rights, powerful, decently, justly, flop, right on, mightily, right, correctly, mighty, aright, decent

   Antonyms:
   improperly

2. by rights, properlyadverb

   with reason or justice

   Synonyms:
   decent, decently, in good order, the right way, by rights, right

   Antonyms:
   improperly

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1. List of paraphrases for "properly":

   correctly, adequately, appropriately, duly, rightly, suitably, successfully, well, accurately, right, satisfactorily, appropriate, good, due, sufficiently, proper, conveniently, validly, succesfully, sucessfully, effectively

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1. Hamza Nmeie:

   There, we learned this ideology of jihad, we were told that there was no country in the world that was properly ruled by shariah. This was all new for me, but in Syria, I saw and heard even more extreme things than I had heard in Belgium.

2. Wut Yee:

   The next morning, I had to follow this man after the doctor injected me with anesthetics. He took me in his car to a house on the outskirts of town. I spent the whole day with him, i wasn't in pain when he sent me back home in the evening because of the medication, but I couldn't walk properly.

3. Cindi Duchow:

   Our current bail system is not properly balancing public safety and the presumption of innocence, we should empower judges and court commissioners to set common-sense, constitutional parameters for pre-trial release.

4. Jim Faust:

   Modern poinsettias are not your grandmother’s plants. Breeding has dramatically improved their consumer performance, back in the day, growers would place ferns or pine boughs in the pot along with the poinsettia to provide greenery, because the poinsettia leaves would fall off so quickly. Today’s poinsettias will last well into January if watered properly and provided enough sunlight.

5. Otto Yang:

   If youre wearing the mask properly, you dont taste any saccharin.